Cummings Optional K-8 School is 1.5 miles from LaRose Elementary School, which is where Cummings’ students will be rerouted for the remainder of the week after the tile ceiling in the school’s library collapsed on Monday.
According to Memphis Fire...
Registration is now open for Zillow’s second annual HBCU Housing Hackathon for students attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
The program, in collaboration with United Negro College Fund (UNCF) and Amplify 4 Good, helps HBCU students develop critical tech and business skills...
by Kimberlee Kruesi --
NASHVILLE — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said Friday the state had not yet approved any school vouchers for families seeking taxpayer funds to cover private school expenses, even as students begin a new school year.
The Republican...
Circles of Success Learning Academy (COSLA) – the first and oldest elementary charter school in Tennessee – ushered in its 20th academic year on Monday.
Tucked inside St. Andrew A.M.E. Church at 867 S. Parkway E. at Mississippi Boulevard, the...
Ralph Prater, one of the trailblazing “Memphis State Eight,” died Monday (Aug. 8) in San Francisco, Calif., where he retired from Chevron Oil as a corporate attorney.
“I had asked Dad about his experiences as one of the students who...
It’s going to be a red-letter year for Cordova Middle Optional School students. Just ask the new principal, Christopher Hardiman.
“Aim high,” said Hardiman. “That’s what I tell our students every day. I told my teachers, ‘You’re going to get...
by Angela Sargent --
Teaching abroad has been a dream of mine since I started teaching in 2006. However, being born and raised in Memphis, I felt it was my duty to stay here and share my gift with local...
The lights of the Harahan Bridge will glow purple Sunday night (Aug. 7) as part of LeMoyne-Owen College’s Second Annual 807 Day of Giving celebration Sunday and Monday (Aug. 8).
The two-day event provides individual and corporate donors with opportunities...
The administrative oversight of Memphis Shelby County Schools has been taken out of the hands of Supt. Dr. Joris Ray, who will be on paid leave pending the conclusion and results of an independent investigation into allegations of sexual...
The Memphis-Shelby County Schools (MSCS) board has initiated an external review into recent allegations of impropriety by Supt. Dr. Joris M. Ray.
The allegations assert that Ray had multiple sexual relationships with MSCS employees. Published reports reflect Ray acknowledging in...